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s's. °, .:~=y~~ `:: . , 1 f l At ' -'' A . , . g , ... ,,t A, 1 ✓,' , y ~~~ .. , I b f (// i arl,',A'r N 10,481. TO THE'PROPRIETOILS OF LAST INDIA STOCK. 1 -4 1 nES•ANI! GENTLEMEN, ViTE.4eg leave to offer you our grateful ac , knowledgetuents for the honour you have conferred on Us, by re-electing us into the Direction: Trusting that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the confidence they bare repOsed in vs,. We have the bonnnr to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very bumble Servants, JOHN HEBB JOHN LOCH CHARLES MILLS JAMES' PATTISON. East India House, April I,i, 1816, AUTOMATA, ANCIENT ARMOUR IN FANTINE ARITHMETICIAN, GIANT, , UOTHIO HALL, 7, HAYMARKET. The celebrated MUSICAL. arid other AUTOMATA, dis. playing, in a great variety of subjects, from the most elegant Human Figure down to the smallest Birds and Insects, the as, 113 nishing powers of Mechanism, by their Wonderful imitations of animated: Netur together with the choice COLLEC TION of ANCIENT'ARMOUR surrounding the Also, the -INFANTINE ARITHMETICIAN, only Si* Years of age, gifted with the astonishing faculty of solving arithmetical questions, without the use of either pen or p enc il, or even a k now l e d ge o f the numerals themselves. This highly interesting; child 'uniformly details - the method pursued by him in arriving at the solution of the proposed •questions.—Admit tance, 2s. ; Children, Is. - Also, the surprising GIANT, Monsieur LOUIS, the tallest Man who has visited this Kingdom since the days of O'Brien, and far superior in elegant symmetry, proportion, and Muscu_ lar strength. Monsieur Louis (who is 25 years of age, pos sessing all the polite and: agreeable manners of: his country , men), will gratify his Visitors with a , sight of his favourite ' Horse Nonpareil, being the smallest in the World.—Admit. lance, Is. "" The Child will be a tt en d e d to t h e R es i dences of the No bilit.y and Gentry. - • • C LERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. GEORGE. PINCKARD, Chairman. DIRECTORS. ReY.Christophe r ßenstin,M.A. Henry Earle,' Esq. P. R.S. Rev. Gilbert Beresford, M.A. James Kibblewhite Esq. • Robert 13ree, M.D. F.R.S. Samuel Merriman; .D. James Carden, Esq. M.D.A. A. Mieville, Esq. Arthur Chichester, ESq. Sir Getirge Smith, • Henry Jas. Choltueley, . Ashby Smith, D. Thomas Davis, Esq. It. R. Sutherland, M.D. Sir Charles Des Voeux, Bart. George Vance, 'Esq. The common usage of excluding from the benefit of Life A s surance, or exposing to a forfeiture of. their policies, indivi. duals .whq may have been afflicted with Gout, Asthma, Run. twee, bats, Haemorrhage; Complaints Of the Liver, Spi t ti ng ' of I3loo . l, Vertigo, or any other disease," being liable to be. tome a a urce of fraud on the one hand, and of litigation ' n - on the other, this Society, in order t o remove every pretence for deceit er fraudulent concealment, respecting the actual state of health of the assured, extends the advantages of Life Assur. since to persons subject to such deviations front the common standard of health, as do not 'materially tend to shorten life, upon their payins a moderate addition to the premium, pro. portioned to the increase of hazard. One-half of the Board of Directors being Members of the -Medical Profession, the attendance of such a body of eminent practitioners, n every occasion Of granting an ittisurance, forms distiagobnii. sz i dlCh cann t Ito b e b aehcial both to the assured' e .Persons proposing for assurance may arrange to pay their premiums either in a single payment—by annual payments for a limited ; number of years only —or by annual payments throughout the whole continuance of life. The person assured has the option to share the profits, either by adding them to the policy, for the benefit of his survivors„ at his decease; or take them, in reduction of the annual pre mium, for his own benefit during life. J. PINKARD, Resident Secretary. Office, No. 32, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. fir CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING s• • 'SE, for the EAST and IN. DIES and .IVAREIIOU SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER CHA WEST NGE, STRAND. Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gentle men` proceeding to South America, or any other part of the will find in this Establishment the whole of their Mili tarrAppointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Piatols,.&c. together with a large and well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every Other description of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India, and other tropical climates : -likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad; Military and Hindostanee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tan. ' dem, Plueton Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &e. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspection from their excellent quality, first stile of workmanship, and moderate Pticei. • All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhe re d to, of asking but one Ready Money Price, from which no abate- Merit will be made. G ARDEN ENGINES, HAY-MAKING MACHINES, WINE RCOOLERS, and PATFNT FILTERERS. BAKER, PATENT MANGLE MAKER. . to HIS MAJESTY and the ROYAL. FAMILY, re spectfully acquaints the Public, that lie hiss manufactured ft large Assortment of his Patent. Mangles, with every Article used la the Laundry. Garden and Green-house Engines, Rollers, Daisy Rakes, Insect Destroyers, and Horticultural Tools. Hay-making Machines, Chaff-cutting Engines, Ploughs, Seed Drills, Drag Collecting Rakes, Dr. Munru's Cattl e Tubes, and Agricultural Implements of every description. Butter Churns and Cheese Presses, with Dairy Utensils. Cane Top Cutters; Outride Presses ; Coffee V.inners, Mills, and Roasters; India Corn Mill, and Colonial Tools. Wine Coolers, by which Wines, Butter, Fruit, &e. Lay be cooled Without Ice to any degree required. Portable Corn Mills, Family Se s t e t an d Weighing Ma chines, BentiCt's Patent Filterers, Shower Baths, Patent Portable Water Closets, and Table Cloth Presses, With a va . riety of other Domestic and Commercial Machines. to be seen at the Patent Mangle Manufactory, 64,65, and 60, Pore -street, sod 309, Oxford..steeet, opposite Fladong's "tote!. Iva. Old Garden Engines Repaired or Exchanged. gFOR, WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH , Ste. rin E more usual Symptoms of Worms are Fits ) 411 . Pains in the Stomach, Side, end Head, Loss of Appetite, arid Pale, Languid, and Emaciated Appearance in the,Patient, The extraordinary efficacy of CHING'S PATENT WORM !'OZENGES in all such Complaints, as well as Obstructions 1 ; the Bowels, and every Disorder where opening or cleansing lie) is required, is so universally known, and bas been pub. ntlY acknowledged by. so many persons of distinction and Tank in society, that it is unnecessary here to enlarge on their Peculiar virtues. Sold in Boxes, at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. by B u tl ers, Ch em i sts, Cheapside, corner o f St. Paul's, London; 54, Sackvill e7 rstreet, Dublin • and 73, Princes-street, Edinburgo ; Savory t he i d r.PO. pririci 155, dew Bond -street, add 440, Regent.street pal_Aledicine.venders throughout the United Dean whom m hig h ly, PERRY'S . ESSENCE, which has (lettered irespectable Journals to be tho " best thing cater discovered for the Tooth and Ear Ache." In hot lift, et lc lid. and !Is. 9d. ~~r~~,. //2 Fit I DAY EVENING, ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF SEVEN YEARS. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET-MA.KERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, and UPHOLSTERY' done in the first style of - elegance from a Cottage to a Palace. FE ATHE4 BED and MATTRESS MANUFACTORY, No. 71, CORNER of LEAD.ENHALL-STREEN, Opposite Aldgate Pump. T LIE SOCI ET Y of CA BINET ER •MAKS respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment fir the benefit of industrious and in geniona Mechanics who have large Families, by offering those manufactured articles in the Cabinet line, of the best workman ship, and cheaper than any house can do in London, there be ing no other profit required on the goods btu the warehouse and other expences ; being sufficiently satisfied with having constant employment for themselves and families. The CoUnnittee of 'this Establishment return their sincere thanks to the Nobility'and Public in general, for the most ge nerous and liberal patronage bestowed on. the Society during the lakt year, and hope 'atill to merit, by humble endeavours, their future favours. O n t h e i r seventh Annual Meeting, which took place on Friday, the let day of last July, , the Committee have the iMeasure to announce to the Public, that after deduct ing for ilia, printing, and other incidental expences, the divi dend for each member antomited t 0,2/. IQs., which was paid to each on the above day. Flirty near members were received , into the Society last year, and the Committee 'still hope through the public favour, that they will be enabled, to increase the number this year. • , The Society and their families beg leave to return their sin.' cere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto • honoured them with their orders anti recommendation, and shall al ways feel happy in their endeavours to hive future satisfaction ; ' at the same time solicit a continuance of their benevolence. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all Warranted of good Workmanship and Dry Wood.— Ready Money only Full-size mahogany 4-post lath bottom, Bedstead .C 4 4 o Full-sized Tent Bedstead . •- ' ' - . - 1 6 0 Ditto with Furniture - - - . 315 0 Bordered straw Illattrass to fit - 1 1 o Ditto doe-hair Mattriss to fit - - - 1 1 0 Feather Bed free . from dust or smell - . 310 o Three ft. 6 in, feather Bed ditto . - 2Li 0 Four ft. 6 in. bordered horse-hair tick Mattress 210 0 Four ft. 6 in. ditto of the best elastic horse-hair in tick 33 n Four ft. 6 in. flock Bed and Bolster . - 110 0 Six japanned Chairs, in oil . , of any colour or description 1 7 o Best japanned ditto Dressing.table with drawer 0 16 o Ditto ditto Wash-hand-stand ditto - - 0 11l o Common japanned Wash-hand-stand - . - 0 8 o Common ditto Dressing-table - - - 08 o 3 ft. Chest of mahogany Drawers, solid Drawers 310 0 3 ft. 6 in. ditto . - ' - . . 412 '0 Mahogany 2-step Bed-step Night Convenience - '1 6 o Ditto 3 - ditto Night Convenience - - 114 0 Ditto Bidett and P a n - - - - 16 0 Bed-room Easy Chair - - - 3 0 0 Bed-room Sofa Bedstead with 3 llatreises to tit, with Top 38 u Ditto - • - - - 44 0 Handeotrie Mahogany Wardrobe - . 13 13 0 Ditto - - - 1518 0 French Bedstead in Oil of the best description 3 3 o Bamboo Tent Bedstead - ~ - 112 o 'Do. in Oil, French Top, with Rods for Furniture to draw 2 10 0 Bamboo French Eliptic Top Bedstead and Drapery, Furniture, Fringe, &c. - - 810 0 5 ft. mahogany 4-post Bedstead and Furniture, with French Draperies lined all through, silk Fringe 14 14 0 5 ft. ditto with Cornice - - - 16 16 0 5 ft. in. ditto • - . - 13 18 0 5 ft. 6 in. ditto with Burnished Gold Cornices, de ! gent Draperies . Mahogany Dresiing T a bl e . - - Ditto . ~ - - Servants' Drawers - - . Eight mahogany Chairs, and 2 Elbows, covered in H/3 Horse-hair and brass nails - !Sitio Dinidg Tabli "- - - -- ' Mahogany Sofa or Couch, covered in Horse-hair to match Chairs . ' - 610 0 Ditto - I/ . 7 10 0 Ditto - - - - 810 0 Ditto - . - .. 910 0 Ditto ' - .. - . - 10 10 0 Cellaret Sideboard - - - 615 n Ditto - - - 7 7 0 Handsome P e d es t a l Sid e b oar d with carved Back • 10 10 0 Ditto - - . . ,1212 0 Ditto . . . - 15 16 0 Ditto Ditto - . - - 1/1 10 0 . . Seto; 4 ft. M a h ogany Dining Tables, 11 ft. Bin. long 15 10 0 Ditto . . .. •. - 17 0 o 4 ft. 6 in. ditt o . . 17 10 0 4 ft. 0 in. ditto - l9 10 0 Small Dining Table on Patent Principle . 810 0 Ditto . - . 9 . 10 o Ditto - - - 10 10 o - Ditto - - - - 12 12 0 Mahogany Pillor and Claw Table - 3 15 0 Ditto - - . . 4 4 0 Mahogany Tray.stand - - 0 8 0 Butlers' Tray . . • . , - 012 0 Patent Sandwich Tray, Brass Lock - 1 8 0 Mahogany Music Chair, inlaid with Masi - 2 0 0 Music Stool covered in MoroCco - - 1 6 ii Music or Chair . - - 08 0 8 Mahogany Chairs, 6 and 2 elbows, covered in Horse-hair Brass Moulded - 0 8 ( T io r . af ß al elt ar sp e a h n a i i s rs h , W l4o oo os d e Se a t ! , Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, branded in 22 0 1 4 0 1 10 2'2 61b o 7 0 0 10 10 o 12 12 o - - Rose-wood Set ditto on Pillar and Claws 8 13 o • - 14 10 0 - - 16 16 0 . 17 16 • 20 10 6 Ditto Ditto Ditto, the Best that can be made Elegant Dining-room Window Curtains, coritished, lined and fringed . Ditto ditto e • Ditto, the Best that can be made, gold cornish, silk fringe, &c. - . . . - Drawing-room Couch - ..._- - - 8 8 o 7 7 0 Ditto Ditto, (the Beat that can be made) Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs, each Ditto inlaid with Brass, do. Ditto, ditto, Best Horse - halt Cushion Common ditto - - Real Rosewood Drawing-room Tables, in two Card 10 10 3 6 o 6 10 0 7 7 Q 1 0 o 1 2 o 1 5 0 0 5 6 0 4 6 • - and Sofa, - - • - 19 0 0 Ditto ditto ~, -, , - 21 10 0 Ditto, French polished, uarveu saon' Claw . 26 5 o Elegant Drawing-room Curtains, each ' . 6 8 o Ditto - - • - . 7 7 0 Ditto . - . - 8 0 0 Rosewood Tea-Caddies, of all kinds of Fancy, from 10s. to 28s. Imitation Rosewood Canterbury - - - 1 12 o Mahogany ditto - ' - - 112 0 Chimney Olass . 41. 18s., 7/. 75., and 19 10 o Japanned Rosewood Cheflioneer, Silk Front 2 10 0 Ditto, do. - - 3 10 o Ditto, do. - - 716 u Ditto, do. - - 610 0 Lady's Work Table, Mahogany - - 115 0 Ditto, with Silk Bag and Fringed, 31.35, 41. 45., and 6 6 o Pair of Pole Fire Scuola inlaid with Brass - 3 ' 3 0 Pair of Screen Tables- • ' -.- 2 10 u Foot-Stool of any description . - 07 0 Japan Book Shelves - - - 0 7 0 Rosewood do. - 0 10 0 - - ... Mahogany do. 1 0 Rosewood Loo Tables 84 lOs., 91.10 x., 104 10s., & 12 12 '0 All Feather B e d s warranted free from dust or smell, or the Money returned. tip. THURICELL, Agent. Country Dealers supplied.,-Goods Packed fit for all parts of Great Britain and to the East and West Indies. Captains fitted Out, and Merchants supplied with Cabinet Goods for Exporta tion. 'Apartments F urn i shed at a few hours not i ce , an d Houses in two or four clays. 0. All Goods for the Country' must be paid for on Delivery at the Wharf. All kinds of - Drawing and Dining Room. Curtains and Bed Furniture, of every description .11ade.up and Re-cleaned for Town and Country, by sending your own Cotton. ELSIIA ZZA !VS FEAST. - 1.1111.. - M Alt- TIN (in explanation of an Advertisement which ap= peared in February last in the Public Prints), has the honour to announce, that the Engraving of "Belshazzar's Feast," which he is about to publish, is formed upon two finished Sketches made by him for the Picture on that subject, exhi bited at the Briti s h G a ll ery, with subsequent variations.--Alr. Martin trusts th a t h e w ill be enabled to in May. publisit'the Engraving • BISII'S FA REWE' LI. CONTRACT.. And the very Last Lottery hot One That will ever be drawn in England. I N soliciting (as n parting kintinees) E conti nuance of those distinguished favours which DISH has experienced from his " best" friends, the Public, for very many years, he cannot but deeply regret that Lotteries, after existing upwards of 150 years in this Kingdom, and which form the only mode of obtaining a speedy Fortone for a few Pounds, are now doomed, By ACT of PARLIAMENT to 'Yisss away POR EVER. 131S11 has been anxious in this his farewell Scheme, to retain and improve all the popular points of luttrLocterici. In the Present Scheme, every Number is sure or being a, Prize, w SIX PRIZES of ith .C 21,000, &c. &c. forming an aggregate of 337,0 ! ALL TO BE DE CIDED OO IN ONE DAY, • WEDNESA► 3d of MA . Tickets and Shares are selling V, at BISII'S, Y the Contract Or's, Offices, No. 4, Cornhlll, and 9, Charing-Cross, and by his Agents in all the principal Cities anti Towns of the lfnited Kingdom. BISH'S GREAT Luck !—The tide of success continues to flow uninterrupedly to BISH'S Offices—every drawing affordi I him the gratification of announcing that a very large portion of all the Prizes have been sold by him. In the Lottery just ended, he Shared and Sold several Capitals, including TWO PRIZES of £20,000 each, viz. 7,340 Class A, a Prize of .C. 30,000 ! 10,004 Class B, a Prize of £20,000 In the previous Lottery, which was all drawn 6th December last, BISII sold TWO of £30,000! And in the Lottery immediately preceding, drawn on the 18th October last, BISH Sold THREE of .1.1),000 And within th last Eleven Months ' BISH sold FIVE £30,000, and ELEVEN £20,000! PA RLIAM E NT, HOUSE OF LORDS, Apitn. 13. Several Private Bins were brought from the Commons. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition against the Man. chester and Liverpool Rail-road Bill, from the Trustees of cer tain Turnpike-roads; and another to the same effect, from W. Allarton, through whose estate the proposed Rail-road passes. These petitions were referred to the Committee on the Bill. Petitions against any alteration in the. Banking System of Scotland and Ireland, were presented by the Duke or ATrror.r., froth apiece in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright; by the Earl of LIMERICK, from Shanagolden and Lochlin ; arid by the Earl of FARNHAM, from Sligo. Lord SUFFIELD gave notice, that on Monday next he would submit a motion respecting the appointments and emolu ments of public functionaries in the West India Colonies. The Earl of CALEDON presented a petition from the mer- Chants of Dublin, in favour of the,Alanchester and Liverpool Rall 444l *a fDA Rl4 LEV presentecraliouprn num The Eau ...„ - sor the abolition of Slaverr—Ailjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NEGRO SLAVERY. Petitions praying for the Abolition of Negro Slavery were presented from Ashborne and Dartford, Kent, by Sir E. Knatchbull ; from Oldfield, Bucks, by the Marquis of Chandos ; from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, of the town of Carmarthen, by Mr. Jones; from Cobham, Surrey, by Mri H. Sumner ; front the parish of Pulite, Sonierietahlre, by Mr. Dickinson • from Bewley, Glocestershire, by Lord E. Somerset; from th ei town of Huntley, by Capt. Gordon. SCOTCH CURRENCY. • Petitions were presented against any alteration in the pre. sent Currency of Scotland, from the farming society of Moray, by Mr. J. Al. Grant; from the householders of Kirkwall, by Sir H. Innes; and from the inhabitants of Monteith, Forfar. shire, by Mr. Mettle. Mi. fIUSIKISSON said, they had received a great number of petitions, praying that no alteration should be made in the currency of Scotland, and it now became his duty to present a petition of a different description. The petition which he held In his hand pointed out the great improvement end benefit which Scotland would derive, if the same system and rule, with re:- - spect to the currency, which prevailed in England, were applied to the former country. It was not necessary, nor would it be regular, to enter at present into th e argument o f t h e pet i t i oners which appeared to him to be very forcible. They particularly applied themselves to the agriculturists of that part of the Unit. ed ICingdom, and demanded whether their best interests would not be served by avoiding those fluctuationa, of price which lutist necessarily occur, until the present system was put an end to. He would offer no opinion on the subject, as it was at present under consideration in a Committee of that House, but should merely discharge his duty by presenting the petition. It was from the town of Durise, and was signed by 120 respectable in habitants. The petition was then brought up; and after a fed words from Mr. DUNI)" laid on the table. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a petition from the Coroners' of the County of Buckingham, praying for an increase of salary. Mr. IVESTERN presented'a petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in liolderness, Yorkshire, against any alter ation in the Corn Laws. Mr. LITTLETON presented apetition from Thomas Flau nagan against any alteration with respect to the 40s. freeholders td Mr. CURWEN moved fur returns of the different speeiesiof grain shipped and imported to England in 1824, 1825. and 1820 ; also an account of the grain exported from England dur ing the same period ; likewise fora return of the quantity of foreign tallow, henip, and flax. imported into each port of the United Kingdom during the last year.—Oedired. SILK TRADE. Mr. HUSKISSON said, he always regretted when he pre sented a petition from any of his constituent*, if he were obliged to take a different view of the flu t et to which it related than that which they entertained. That was, however, the case in the present instance. He had to present two petitions, one from the Mayor, Bailiffs, anti Burgesses, of the town of Liver pool, and the other from the Trustees of the Liverpool docks, against the Rill now pending in Parliament for the regulation or the Silk Trade. The petitioners complained that they would be excluded, under the provisions of that' Bill, front importing silk goods during a certain period, direct from the Continent; that privilege being confined to the port of Londen. The fact was, that it was thought advisable, in the first instance, to allow the importation of silk goods only into the port of homing.. be cause their value could be more easily ascertained in that port than elsewhere, as every convenience existed there for that pur pose. He was sure that the tonnage which would be employed in that trade at Liverpool would be very trifling, and the loss which would be sustained during the continuance of the re. striction must, ther e f o r e , be inconsiderable. It w as hi s d itty to present tho se p et i t i ons , an d he was sorry th a t h e could not support them. General UASCOVNE said, that the provision - whi c h t h e petitioners very justly complained of was at variance with the Right lion. Gentleman's principles of five trade. Thi % b ranc h of trade, it appeared, was to be confined to London, le:catiq , the value of iilk goods could not be properly' ascertained at Li verpool. Now he could not conceive why the value of silks imported could not be as well ascertained in the Otte place as in the other. He saw no reason why the merchants of Liverpool ~,ho ok i, to r , t wo years , b e deprived 'of 4 certain portiO4 of trade. In his opinion, the petitioner< had very good grounds 4,l"complaint. The petitions were severelly- brought up, laid on the table, anti ordered to he printed. Mr. E. WODL:HOUSE presented it petition from certain Justices of the Peace in the county of Ntirfolk, praying for an alteration in the Mune Laws: Mr. A. ELLIS pretiented a petition from the Ship-owasers of South Shields, praying for the protection of their interests, which were affectN , l by certain provisions of the Reciprocity Act. Mr. 110BROUSE presented a petition froth the Merribere of a Benefit Society called The stns of Albion," against a provision in the Bill now before the fleuse for the regulation of benefit societies, which tools from the inembere the power of deciding any difference by arbitration. LICENSING SYSTEM. IVIr. fIU3IE ros e to p resent a . P et i t i on front M . r. Thomas Ed wi.rds, a Dbetoi of LAWS, and a ellagistrate for the county of Surrey, on the subject of the peesentliceurting syetent —a sub ject that must be viewed by all as one of very great itul irtanct.t. l'he petitioner h a d se l ecte d the priest period, because the limt. Member for Oxford (. Pr. teecenrt); had introduced a Bill respecting the lieensing sys:eni; milk, lie -honed that the suggestions contained in his pAti.ei would not be disre. girded. It was manifes:!v necessii6. OW well-regulated houses should be established' for the benet:t.:of the iiitittic, and a roper power should be given .to ke,p tiietri in a quiet and ortlerly state. But an atteltiv e perusid ,or the whole, o e t h e evidence taken before th e .conimitiOti on this subject Showed .that the existing system, so far front hailtal..' the effect of el,- Couraging the establishm en t of wesd-regnlet e d !mime: tin the public good, had, on the contrary, been u cloak for the exhtt. lishment of houses of the svotsr description,' They• all 'knew that when a licence was granted, it raised the value of 'a house from 5001. to 1,0004 The profitson money thu s l a id out were very , greut, and were raised by 'charging the public exorbitant OM for beer, spirits, &c. It was a very lamentable thing to find a magistrate speaking, as the petitioner did, of the conduct pursued by his brother magistrates in granting licences. /le stated that, on licensing day, he had often witnessed a system of jobbing altogether disreptitable to peewits holding the situa tion of magistrates. Ile stated that there were 20 public. houses in some streets, while in others there was not one, bee cause no person had taken the precaution to prepare the ma. giatrates to grant a licence. Ile (31r. Hume) could not see why any licence should be required tbr u public-house more than for a house in which tea and coffee were retailed. 'rite person who wished to obtain a licence for the sale of tea and coffee produced his money, ui:d the licence was granted as a Matter of course ; and it' the :tame practice were adopted with respect to persons who soli beer and spirits, it would be at. tended with very great convenience. If any inures were disco vered, the law now in existence was sufficiently powerful to put them down. The petitioner wits anxious, anti No was he, to do away with the necessity of applying to Magistrates for licences, as was now the case, and thus to put an end to the jobbing system which at present prevailed. Tile Hon. Mem ber sat down by declaring, that the licensing system preeented such a temptation generally to jobbing, a.> ought not to be allowed to continue in the country. After a few wo r d s front Mr. ESTC:OU,ItT, the petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BERNAL presented a Petition from George Booth, a licensed victualler, complaining of personal hardship, anti pray ing that the licensing system might be revised. REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH. Mr. ABERCROMBY could assure the House that previous to entering on this important question, he had studied it and found it required some looking Into. He had looked in it, and had persevered in the performance of his duty to lay it be. 'fore Parliament; he. regretted, however, that it had not fallen into better hands. He contended, not only against the injus. tice Of preventing the whole class of freeholders ulthe city of I Edinburgh, bat against the plan of one representative electing j. his successor who would do the same in his turn, and thus it would become hereditary. Out of thirty-three reprettentatives which the city of Edinburgh had furnished, nineteen had been amptinted in tqapyo v. It had been asked, if they were to ive to tstesgove, Aoweeen, s i ne outer misers ut otertialiii. ail s' an swer was, that if he succeeded in the case or Edinburgh, his views would not stop there. He could not reason upon such a topic with those high-mewled Anti-reformers in Seotiand,, who rejected every idea of Reform ; but those who sincerely 'feared thou Reform was remotely connected with Revolution. he par. ticularly addressed himself. lie proposed to legislate in the dividual case of Edinburgh, because, the TowleCouncil of Ow city had the power of sending one Member to the House with. out the sanction of other con.ributory boroughs, as in the ease , ; of Glasgow. There . was this advantage in the course he proposed; if any inconvenience were found to arise from they might be guided by that experience in any fur ther measures which might be afterwards proposed. It was as an experimental measure that he proposed it. He would assert without fear that the great and Intelligent body whom he should designate as the reformers of Scotland would not be jealous of the exclusive application of their .principles to the ease of Edinburgh in the first instance. Ile contended that the measure he was about to propose was a wise measure of reform, because it was a prudent, safe, and cautious one. He repelled the charge of having lent himself to the views orthose who held republican principles, and denied that such a censtruetitte could be put upon the language of the Petitio ns . Il e was as k ed to point out any case of misconduct on the part of the Town caunci4 of Edinburgh ; in the exercise of their privileges, and to say whether theteity had not thriven under their regulations. It had thriven and pospered, but not in consequence of the mea sures taken by the town Couneil; on the contrery,he contended that it had thriven and prospered in spite of the obstructions thrown In the way of improvement by diet body. Whenever measures of improvement came before that house, the Town Council had always been opposed to the inhabitants and house holders ; and in all cases the inhabitants end householders had succeeded against the Town Council. If he felt himeelf bound to answer the question as to particular acts on the part of this body, he might easily shew that the property of the city had been alienated for improper political pu r po ses . Rut he did not admit the proposition that he was hound t o ma k e out any such charge. It was against the system that he warred, and not against persons. By an Act of 1469, the.mode which now pre vailed, and was called self-election in Scotland, was first intro duced. From that period down to th e R evo lution, the Scotch Statute Book was full of Acts of Parliament, all of which were made in consequence of malversation in the boroughs where that, system of election existed. In the reign of Charles the Second, these abuses had grown to such a heath, that a-Commission was appointed to inquire into them. An Act of Parliament was passed, the preamble of which proved that the only rational mode of giving a remedy would have been that, of restoring to the people a system of free dee tions. From the year 17114 down to the present time, the ntis. conduct of these magistrates had at intervals been the constant subject of complaint; yet no remedy had been applied, and the evil still continued. The effects of the system heel huen, that it created a venal and corrupt magistracy, who had lost the respect of the people, and were unworthy to discharge the dutiLN or exercise the power originally deputed to them by the law. The lion. 'and Learned Gentleman then argued that the measure he wait about to propose would be less opposed to the provi s ions of the Union than the abolition of heritable jut iettictioutewhiclt the Parliament had so long since erected. Ile begged to ask what it wits that the House should be afraid of in such a measure as this P Why were they afraid of the people ? lie could under. stabil any apprehension, it' it were proposed to give the elective power to on illiterate mob. But the des* fur whom he pro posed it were the ethic wed and respectable householders of the City of Edinburgh. In England. the question of reform was, whether they should not extend the principle of popular eke tions. But in Scotland it remained to be introduced. No such thing was in existence in that country ; the popular feeling was never appealed to. Ile defied. any .Gentl,eman in that house to say that he represented the popular interests of tecethuid. interests were opposed to the interests of the people, and if they . The Member* for that Country were sent there by those whine attended to the latter, they neglected those of their reel consti tuents. Was it not a most mortifying reflection fur the people or Siodand that while the people of England and Ireland en. they alone were *hat Hot from the privilege of popular .sincerely implored the House to consider this must not leave , the Elective Franchise an i t i l e if they wished to carry the people of Scotland exclusively in time hands of small privileged ,body whose in. twat were directly opposed to those of the country at large. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving fur leave to brieg a Bill,to amend and alter the Representation alertly irdgu el ect i on siY i h them, they of the City of Ediuburgh. jalr.W. PUN DAS said, that he was not surprised to seethe MM. and. Learned.Oentleman appear as the c h osen c h ampion of this cause, w h en he had taken the same character two years , 2 1, .X: \ : 41,1 4 . 1 0 1, 1 i ., . ', . , :r 7 l if e .i ~... „ ~.,,..,, _, , , . • s '\" .-/-:* ;,- , \s , ,, ih-_,,____,. -C.J • :::•,, . so _ _ _ .-',; _. ,'5 • 44 i ~.1, . - ~?. . q . , . , , „. ~.. . , . 74 t,l b.. f ' Ll ! .• - • e, - ,.i ,', - ' l / 4 ., : 1 1• .. . . . , 1.• ,--''. ''W: s - , f 1 ,,..4. ,0.......,n , - . ' '''.A., lk. 't 3M .. ".,, ..,',,,, .t, , ' - 1: . - ,WX•i '" - . . . "Pe r\l• ' '''. - ' - . ,s..* APRIL 14, 1826 PRICE SEVrNPENCE. ago, when the Sallie questioa wan swiftly and when the House rejected it by it huge majority. It did not surise him that the Hon. and Learned Gen denten appeared.the cho rp ten chi mpion of such a cause when lie considered that hettialself was such a splendid example of the purity of eleetion, ecru there, as he was, by the free and unbisseed voice of titaipcsvie. Rut at what price were they to receive dais boon from the : R eie . arid Learned Gentleman ? Why at the breaking down and trampling upon legel rights, not, created ,yesterday, or in the last year, or in the last century, but which had been stamped with the seal of ages, and whose benelite -were written in the general proeperity, and the individual happinees and comfort of the citizens of Edinburgh. These things, he would boldly assert, notwithstanding the statement of the Hun. and Learned Alotaber, were due to the acts of the culumniateti Magisteacy. A Committee had lermerly been appointed to inquire into the conduct of that body, end although all its Members except 'two were taken front the lion. anti Learned lilembeeet side of the House, the result of th e i nvest i gat i on was most triumphant to the Alagistrates, for not a shadow of hope tatioe was cast upon their motives. .If the present inensure were sanctioned by the House, it would be at the expense of &direct breach of public faith, and a violation of the tontreet solemnly entered into by the two countries in the. ct of union. Mr. J. P. GRANT contended diet the terms of the Union admitted the interposition of the Legislature if, asids lion. _ and Learned Friend had proved, it would be for the benefit of the people of Scotland. Ile denied that this metteure was neetw xetrily connected with any sweeping plan tat' reform ; and if he thought it so connected, it would nest here had his support. When it was recollected that in Scotland there did not exist one vestige ofrepreseniation, that neither its population nor its pro. petty was represented in that Douse, might not the occasion to be seized with avidity of piecing die representation of one place in such a state that the popular voice might be heard. If in anyplace popular representation could be considered dan gerous, It would be so rather in England than iii Scotland, the population in England beiugenore den se amp has instructed : 'Pile best thing which had ever been said in juetiiication of the system of Parlitunentary , Representation which existed in Eng land, was-that it comprehended every poesible variety of Modes of election, so that in ta c t no c h ess of society wateleft unrepre sented. This argument would not, Rinse r, apply to Scot land. Not (oily was there no popttlar representetion in Scot land, but there was no variety in the kinds of representation. That the people of Scotland were remarkable for good.order was a fact so generally admitted, that no apprehension of danger could be entertained front the proposed measure. Till an int. ptvvement in the state of its reproentation had been effected, It was impossible to consider Scotland otherwise than as a pro vince or a colony. He would ask lion. Mendiets if they con sideeed it more desirable that the people of tieteland %tmid feel themselves estranged from the Legislature of the country, than that all the whole popellition of the United Kingilon should be knit together in one common hand of eyinpathy find obedience to a Legislature in which they were fairly and impartially represented. Sir O. CLERK said, that he could not but observe the great anxiety always manifested by Hon. Gentlemen who introduced to that House schemes of innovation with respect to the Repre sentation of particular places, either in Scotland or itt Ireland, to persuade the House that the measure they peoposed was en tirety unconnected with the great English question of Parlia mentary Reform. On this occasion such tin attempt lied been made ; hut certainly, if he might judge of the,impression made upon others by that matte upon himself, the attempt hail in this , instance been merle without the least portion of maccess. He objected to the principle altogether; for he wieeperstetaleil that nu invasion could take place upon corporate 'lglus, either in, Ireland or Scotland, without introducing changes in the consti tution of this country. No instance hurl yet occurred in which the elective franchise had been invaded, unless upon proof of gross venality in its exercise. He 'called upon the House tot to udoptehe principle; for, if they did, they must in consistency extend it, not only tp all close boroughs, but to open boroughs also. Even the City of London could not hope to escape its operation; fur there the elective frainchtse must be taken from the Liverymen, and given to householders generally. There were many populous cities and boroughs in England, that e- Edinbuy it • and. in oig an an in, cot 11 , mere were fortitie& by "T otaile=?;;N . • The Honourable and Learned Gentleman hail characterised his measure as an experiment, and he staid that if it lea to dia -1 orders, the House might pause before it proeeeded further. To Innis* after having once entered upon this career might, however, be found impossible. The lienotarable Member had again asked it' any danger could be apprehended t o the consts- claim' from piecing the elective franchise in the bends of ti body of men so well conducted, and generally so well educated, us the householders of Edi n b urg h ? This was not his appre lienaion—it was, that if the principle of change were adopted, he could not see' where they were to stop till they game u vote, according to the wish of it great body of Reformers, to every man of 31 years ()lege. It had been said that in Scotland there existed nothing like popular election—he admitted the tact, and if the whole empire was in the sante situation, no man, he thought, could raise his voice against alteration. But as that was not the case, he was bound to view the gitention with refe rence to the empire at large and to the Constitution of thet House. This then brought on the general ettmation of reform. viz. whether the popular feelings were sitiiietetitly represented in Parliament. If the representatioa of Scotland was to be judged by its effects, no part of the empire certainly. hail made greater progress in prosperity and wealth. Ile was convinced that the present state of things was itoeladverse to the feelings of the people, because they had not expressed any strung fide ing upon the subject. The petition the Noble bord had pre- sented was precisely similar to one presented two years/woe-, At that time the petition had been agreed to hy a meeting held t in he tl e i x e p t e li c e t a a t t r i e o , n to ot w . i l i t e ic a l r i in a g gr s e p ti e t io ntu le l s ti fr tu o d a t i t s h e a ‘ d ,er len iii n ie lgt s n t i tr ic e rn et e et i l l of great learning, ability and eloquence, for whom generally he had the highest respect, these gentlemen the supporters of the petition, thinking probably that a second meeting might not prove equally attractive had not thought it prudent to submit this petition, to a public meeting at all. Ile wait at I.;clinburgh at the time of getting up the present petition, and he declared lie never heard a word about it, and the first intimation 'be had of it was from an advertisement imploring the inhabitants to sign their names, as it was desirable that this petition should have as many signatures as the last, mad complaining very much of the lukewarmness of the people upon the, a 'abject. The House need not therefore suppose that any anxiety was felt upon the subject in Scotland, or th a t an y great tlibappointmeat would be suffered if it rejected this proposition. The Hon. Gentleman, after at few other observations, iii which he men tioned the cities of Bath and Salisbury as inetearly teatmilar situation to Edinburgh, concluded by calling tipon the Howie to reject the proposition. Sir R. VEROUSSON` said that the whole question resolved itself into this, was it the constitution 'of the. House that the Members ought to represent the people or was it nut ? The voters in boroughs were in every instance a !email anti self elected body, whilst in counties the great majority of elector* consisted of persons who did not possess a sin e le acre of land. There was no such thing es popular election in Scotland, there tore those who thought every thing perfect in England must think every thing imperfect in Scotland. With respect to the feeling of the people in Scotland, he should only say, that peti. dons, complaining Of the present mode of election, had been presented from every place in Scotland excepting a few close boroughe. Sir P. Uu It DET'r confessed that he had hesitated whether he should address the House - upon this question or nut, but his hesitation had not certainly arisen from any indift'erenee to thy question, still less had it arisen from any want of sympathy with or respect for those gentlemen of great learning and talent who had distiliguished themselves in edinburgit by their able support of this chose ; his hesitation had rather beep produced by an apprehention that his feeble aid might, bo thought by than gentlemen nrnre likely to be injurious titan hens:hog to their cause, that they might upon the principle anon tuff a uxilio, be iather disposed to renounce his assistance. The Hon tient. had fortilsin-u the people of Scotland with the must cogent re.otoit and motive why they should be anxious fr.r the success of the part nt motien, by the zeal with which he had defended the intetixtii of the 33 Corpn.liturs of Edinburgh, wtiont he represent •t. II is firsn and Uallant Friend Loa Ilia that every , th ing w“s iniiirrfect in Scotland, course pe rf ec tly itintet..t.w(l 11111 Illealling, he woickt rtti s ti t * e n n i i that as a syshut nothing t ould be mote yerken !'• of emnblitiliing exclubion i . fem the rojoynuni t of pa i. l4 -1 ,i * :‘`,141ir . 4 .. t!2, as a SVattill of niiiiiitnining the inonopoiy of pow_k 4 _"_7l of ahieldiug every I , tossible Abase, a more was, the less nut be devised by the ingenuity of Int__ zealous' in his hostility to that syste t % int r t 7 r 7 m w"' "" the great brought before the 14 "`"' t‘tet, was nothing be measure of l'aitattientary lit A system co